CREWORKSBee Hive Boxes 10 Frame Langstroth Beehive, Bee Keeping Starter Kit Includes 1 Super Bee Box & 1 Bee Brood Box with Beehive Frames and Foundation, 2 Layers Complete Bee Hive Kit

This beehive kit is excellent quality. The wood is almost knot free and the boxes are easy to assemble. The hive kit is unpainted and untreated so the exterior needs to be painted or stained. The dove tail joints makes the boxes strong. The handles are large which is nice when lifting them while wearing gloves. The kit comes with some nails that are too short for the boxes. I recommend using wood screws for the boxes. The nails can be used for the frames.Some details to be noted are that the boxes are not pre-drilled and it is recommended to drill before nailing or using screws to prevent splitting. An other detail is that the plastic foundation is not pre-waxed, so it is necessary to apply beeswax to the foundation. The frames are well made an fit together without problems. Both frames and boxes should be glued with wood glue before nailing.The bottom board is made of solid wood, not plywood, which is great and makes it last longer. The inner cover does not have a notch, but that is easy to cut out if desired.One last thing to look for is that the image of the kit shows a 3 layer (3 bee boxes) hive, but you will receive only 2 boxes. The description says 2 layer hive, but it is somewhat confusing. This does not take away from the quality of the hive.

This was the least expensive beehive on Amazon when I ordered.The manufacturing of the parts was excellent! Everything fit together very well.One issue was the nails provided. They were too short to properly nail the hive bodies.You will definitely want to invest in a narrow crown stapler!Used 1-5/8" staples for the hive bodies and 1" for the frames. Worked great!

Overall quality and fit was surprisingly good, for such an economical price. Went together super easy. The only issue I had was with one bottom frame that was a bit off, but still went together just fine. I would purchase again.

I love the product now that it is assembled. I used my own nail gun with smaller nails because the wood was splitting with the ones supplied to me. Putting nails in one by one with a hammer would have been a real pain in the neck.I used lots of glue. The end assemble is awesome and durrable

Had a problem with one of the beehives not sent and seller was right there to get things right.Hives are cedar and fit together as they should. Great deal for a 2 tiered hive.

I purchased two of these hives when in a pinch for time, as I had captured more swarms than I had hives to hold them. I cobbled together old equipment and ordered the hives thinking I could assemble them quickly and meet the need. Everything went great until I got to the frames - which came with plastic foundation WITHOUT WAX. I happened to have some leftover wax which I melted and brushed on the foundation, but only enough for one hive. I decided to bite the bullet and order the right kind of foundation which came with wax coating. Apparently the do-it-yourself part of the hive assembly went further than I realized. All in all it took another half day to wax the foundation. UPDATE: I received a response from the company concerning this view, in which they confirm that there is no wax on their foundation.

Assembly will take a couple hours. Lots of pieces. I recommend wood glue on all joints before nailing. As good as any others on market and priced better than most.

This is exactly what I wanted at a very good price. Thought it would be a little more put together.